The real can be known only through the false, so the ego is a must. The real can be known only through the illusion. You cannot know the truth directly. First you have to encounter the untrue. Through that encounter you become capable of knowing the truth. If you know the false as the false, truth will dawn upon you. Ego It’s a false thing, through the ego the society is controlling you. One has to pass through the chaos before one attains to the real center. The real center is the soul, the self, the god, the truth, or whatsoever you want to call it.